The Meeker herald., 1887-10-01
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of her young life at his sacrcligious feet :
| vse casspsss $50 S,sp~sssaes.
"what Ii man ?" sighed iiaroun Al
raschid. To-day he Is here md to-
morrow lie is in Canada. and the next
day nobody knows where In thunder he
is.'
That's So" asscn,ed Giafar pen.
siveiy.
40 man Of your limited calibcr and
dull. sluggish temperament" continued
IN. Caiiph. these thoughts do not often
occur. and when they do they don't af-
feet him much; but 10 u high strung
Young thing Ike myself they are pro-
due,iye Of the mos, exquisite mental
suffering. and-i hra your pardon. Gia-
far, but did l understand YOU to say
Hats ="
Twas but the moaning OF the wind
ousidc the castle walls" replied the
vixier.
Maybe so.n returned Haroun Al
rnschid susp.ciously. We'll" h- went
on. sadly. Il am fcelin. downcast and
dcsIondrnt this morning; I long for
sympathy and encouragement"
- thought you'd feel that way" said
GiaiaI, when heard you come In Mt
= a. IN. noticed. too. as soon as saw
you this morning. that your crown was
n little tight"
"6iafar." said tho inonrrch. "'tis
true spent the greater part Of the
night with ihonshtl.ss rcyclrrs. but
twas grief that drove the 10 IL. drank
simply to drown care"
"You mus, have had al awful lot Of
care" said the visicr.
II did. and I stili have. beneath these
prinecly roles there beats an aching
heart.
Docs. eh -
"Ycs. Giafar. I have been deceived
by one In whosn plac~si implicit trust. "
"Who'a ihai. vour usta -
~ refer TO tbs typewriter xtsi. whom
H.
Didn't I tell YOU sol ?" interrupted
Giafar. with MI ill.concralr,i express
>ion II triumph. Didn't I advis. YOU
To stick To the old style of writing Hut
no: nothing would do hut you must have
your correspondence printed IN purple
ink b, girl with n l.anI;fy bang and =
Lake G~orsc diamond ring. Now you
see II you--"
We'll. never mind all that" said
ilaroun Alraschi,i. what. done can't
liz hclp'si. Do no, rproach me. Giafar.
for am u sorrly stricken man."
why. what has she been doing any
wayY" asked Giafar. with much curl
o-ity.
Il trusted her IA n child trusts Its
parent moapcd the Caliph. II never
dreamed that n type writer girl on n
salary Of ~ scIuins week and her
board could go back on me. forgavc
her much. Giafar. Her education had
been ncHectcsi and her spelling WIS in
many cases weir.ily original. She sJrlt
attention with only two is. and ncccs-
sary' with an = instead ot n C. She also
altered my sentences In many cssscs. 80
that my correspondents began To think
that the ability of graceful and fluent
writer. for which am justly celebrated.
was leaving me. Hut I partioncti all
this. for am nothing II not magnani.
nous"
Then she has n bad habit Of leaving
copies Of your correspondence lying
around loose" said Giafar. "whv. 1
found iove-letter Of yours aud n poem
addressed Mamie and signed by you
n couple Of days ago"
Yes. know all that said iiaroun
Alraschid. "slie has got me into several
scrapcs that way. hut listen and will
tell you what she did yesterday. I got
her to print billet doux TO the prima
donna 81 the op~rn company now nj the
Academy OF Music, asking her to take
drive in the park with me. What do
you think that girl did? Mude lot OF
copies Of that note and sent one to each
Of my forty-seven wives. The result
was that they were nil at the park. and
well. there WAS painful scene. and
now I AM the laughing stock Of the
town. | had To pay the editor of the
Gazette 1850 sequins to keep an &C.
count Of the affair out of his paper.
Now. Giatar, what do you advise me to
do y-
"llave the girl executed at once, ~ re-
piled Giafar. promptly.
III threatened her with DEATH" said
the Caliph. "but she replied by inform.
ing me that she had deposited copies OF
my entire correspondence for the past
three months in the hands of u lawyer.
with instructions to make them public
in case anything happened to her. Gia.
FAR. my heart is broken
ITS rough, mighty rough.'' sighed
Giafar, as the Caliph hastily lett the
room to conceal his emotion. but the
man who cmploycs n type. writer girl
takes big chances. and oughtn't to lind
fault If he gets left. ft."-Iid-Bits.
There were over live billion cigars
manufactured i'm tho tTnifo1 ~ ,fo. la, /,